λιθόω
τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην δὲ σκάφην ὀνομάζειν → call a spade a spade | speak the truth | speak straight from the shoulder | give it straight from the shoulder | give the straight goods | not to mince matters | not to mince words | not mince words | call things by their right names | call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel | call a shovel a shovel | call a spade a spade, not a big spoon
English (LSJ)
only in Pass. λιθόομαι,
A to be petrified, Arist.PA641a21, GA 783a28, Plu.2.577f, Luc.Asin.4: impers., λιθοῦται petrifaction takes place, Arist.Pr.937a17.
2 λελιθωμένον, prob. = λιθόστρωτον, Poll. 7.121.
German (Pape)
[Seite 46] in Stein verwandeln, versteinern, bes. pass., ἀκάνθας σκληρὰς καὶ λελιθωμένας Arist. gen. anim. 5, 3; part. an. 1, 1 u. Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
λῐθόω: εἰς λίθον μεταβάλλω, Νικήτ. Εὐγεν. 5. 205· -σπανιώτατα ἐν χρήσει εἰ μὴ ἐν τῷ παθ. τύπῳ, ἀπολιθοῦμαι, Ἀριστ. π. Ζ. Μορ. 1. 1, 29, π. Ζ. Γενέσεως 5. 3, 21· ἀπροσ. λιθοῦται, συμβαίνει ἀπολίθωσις, ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Πρβλ. 24. 11.
French (Bailly abrégé)
changer en pierre, pétrifier.
Étymologie: λίθος.
Par. πετρόω.
